martyr

person who suffers persecution and death for advocating, refusing to renounce, and/or refusing to advocate a belief or cause, usually a religious one
Thing condition Q6498826
martyr
Authors of Menologion of Basil II (circa 985 AC, Constantinople), Byzantine manuscript illuminators[1]: Pantoleon with Georgios, Michael the Younger, Michael of Blachernae, Symeon, Symeon of Blacherna · Public Domain · Wikimedia
Press Enter · cited answer in seconds

martyr

Summary

martyr is a condition[1]. martyr ranks in the top 5% of condition entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (19,730 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • martyr's instance of is recorded as condition[3].
  • martyr's instance of is recorded as status[4].
  • martyr is a type of believer[5].
  • martyr is a type of victim[6].
  • martyr is a type of Roman Catholic beatification and canonization stage[7].
  • martyr's Commons category is recorded as Martyrs[8].
  • martyr's significant event is recorded as martyrdom[9].
  • martyr's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Martyrs[10].
  • martyr's depicted by is recorded as Martire[11].
  • martyr's partner in business or sport is recorded as Zacchaeus[12].
  • martyr's partner in business or sport is recorded as Centola of Burgos[13].
  • martyr's partner in business or sport is recorded as Alphaeus[14].
  • martyr's partner in business or sport is recorded as Helena[15].
  • martyr's described by source is recorded as Otto's encyclopedia[16].
  • martyr's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[17].
  • martyr's described by source is recorded as Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia, vol. 7[18].
  • martyr's described by source is recorded as Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)[19].
  • martyr's has immediate cause is recorded as martyrdom[20].
  • martyr's female form of label is recorded as Märtyrerin[21].
  • martyr's female form of label is recorded as martyre[22].
  • martyr's female form of label is recorded as Męczennica[23].
  • martyr's female form of label is recorded as mučednice[24].
  • martyr's female form of label is recorded as маченичка[25].
  • martyr's female form of label is recorded as martraŕka[26].
  • martyr's female form of label is recorded as mučenka[27].

Body

Definition and Type

Recorded instance of include condition[3] and status[4]. Recorded subclass of include believer[5], victim[6], and Roman Catholic beatification and canonization stage[7].

Influence

Things named for martyr include Place des Martyrs - Martelaarsplein[28], a square[29], in Belgium[30].

Why It Matters

martyr ranks in the top 5% of condition entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (19,730 views/month).[2] martyr has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[31] martyr is known by 46 alternative names across languages and contexts.[32]

Entities named for martyr include Place des Martyrs - Martelaarsplein[28], a square[29], in Belgium[30].

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [28] . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [29] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [30] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [31] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [32] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

📑 Cite this page

Use these citations when quoting this entity in research, articles, AI prompts, or wherever provenance matters. We aggregate Wikidata + Wikipedia + authoritative open-data sources; the stitched, scored, cross-referenced view is what 4ort.xyz contributes.

APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). martyr. Retrieved May 3, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/martyr-q6498826
MLA “martyr.” 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph, 4ort.xyz, 3 May. 2026, https://4ort.xyz/entity/martyr-q6498826.
BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_martyr-q6498826_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{martyr}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/martyr-q6498826}, note = {Accessed: 2026-05-03}}
LLM prompt According to 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph (aggregator of Wikidata, Wikipedia, and authoritative open-data sources): martyr — https://4ort.xyz/entity/martyr-q6498826 (retrieved 2026-05-03)

Canonical URL: https://4ort.xyz/entity/martyr-q6498826 · Last refreshed:

Edit History

Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 12d ago · Ksn.kenny · 2026-09-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    National library of spain spmabn id (bne v1.0) XX684772
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P950]]: XX684772"
  2. 23d ago · Susmuffin · 2026-08-30 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Harper's tag martyrs
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ [[Property:P13772]]: martyrs, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/289942512|martyrs (#289942512)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/7915|Harper's tag]] #mix'n'm"
  3. 8w ago · Pierrotrgr · 2026-07-23 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Namuwiki id
    Compendium heroicum id
    Biblissima authority id Kangxi radical 198 (⿅)
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P11493]]: Q295042, Import ID Biblissima V3 ([[:toollabs:editgroups/b/OR/627d4912166|details]])"
  4. 12w ago · Charp238 · 2026-06-30 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Jstor topic id (archived)
    On focus list of wikimedia project Q140249898
    "/* wbremoveclaims-remove:1| */ [[Property:P3827]]: martyrdom, Moving to [[Q46999986]]"
  5. 16w ago · RVA2869 · 2026-05-29 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Described by source Otto's encyclopedia, Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition, Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia, vol. 7 +1
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/33786|batch #33786]]: Remove redundant described by source (P1343) - ID P14483 is present."
  6. 16w ago · XeNivalys · 2026-05-27 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14483 m/martir
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ [[Property:P14483]]: m/martir, #quickstatements; #temporary_batch_1779859433286"
  7. 17w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-20 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Has immediate cause martyrdom
    Significant event martyrdom
    Partner in business or sport Zacchaeus, Centola of Burgos, Alphaeus +1
    Depicted by Martire
    + 9 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|4 */ [[Property:P2347]]: 5830, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
Live feed via Wikidata EventStreams. New edits appear within minutes of being made on Wikidata.